When we last saw our hero, he was pondering the question: “How do I teach web publication to a scientist and/or university professor? Someone who is obviously smart but also technologically UN-savvy?” It is a tough question. As we previously discussed, the question is not just “how do I most easily make an HTML document?” […]
USSR posters a photoset on Flickr: Cold War-era Nostalgia! (Not to be confused with glasnost-algia…) (tags: ColdWar art history research)
From the “I’m glad someone did and I’m also glad it wasn’t me” file: I’m pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran in through the side door, picked me up in the recliner, then body slammed us both on the carpet, over and over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the […]
It’s move-in day at St. Mary’s College and we’re moving back in for some kind of repeat of our senior year. The roster for the house has changed up a bit and there are six of us instead of four. M.G. is there, as is B.T. (and myself, of course) but K.M. is not, replaced […]
osx2x “excess keyboard remover” (tags: Mac OSX opensource freeware geek x11 VNC) OSXvnc VNC server for OS X (the secret to driving two machines with one keyboard and mouse…) (tags: Mac OSX VNC freeware) Shiira Project Alternative WebKit-based browser for the Mac. (Neat features, neat idea; wasn’t ready for primetime the last time that I […]
A. & I rent a DVD from the store but when we pop it in, it turns out to be a porno instead of what we thought we’d rented. But we decide to watch it anyway (for kicks). However, the actors seem completely uncommitted to their roles. The logical thing to do would be to […]
“Will you teach me how to make a web site?” This question was recently posed to me by someone who is utterly brilliant about so many things and yet completely stymied when it comes to computers. “Um…” (I begin) “What for?” “Because I’m tired of emailing people back with the same explanations. And sometimes I […]
PDF Online Create PDF Online free, PDF API, PDF .NET Server, Consulting (tags: pdf tools freeware) Predicting the future: it’s becoming a science via COSMOS magazine (tags: science future research essay todo)
Via /.: 23 years ago today, Soviet Missle Commander Stanislav Petrov saved the world by refusing to believe that the United States had launched a concerted nuclear attack against The Mother Country. Nice going, man.
Marmaduke Explained Joe Mathlete Explains Today’s Marmaduke; e.g., “Marmaduke is being cock-blocked.” (tags: comic humor parody blog) 12 Lessons for Those Afraid of CSS and Standards via A List Apart: an article on how to think like a CSS web developer and use CSS and standards (“for real this time”) (tags: CSS html todo webdev […]